Underground producer TSVI says “fuck Kanye West” for allegedly “stealing” sample: “He’s at the top with billions in his bank”

nme.com:

Kanye West of “stealing” a sample from one of his songs.The musician took to social media on April 3, claiming that West used a sample of his song ‘12345678’ on the track ‘Believe What I Say’ from 2021’s ‘Donda’. “This is crazy I just found out Kanye West sampled one of my tracks in Donda wtfff,” he initially wrote. “Why am I finding out about this only now?????

I need to get paid asap”.TSVI went on to allege that West sampled the words ‘one’ and ‘six’ from field recordings made by the producer, whereas the ‘work it’ phrase was sampled by TVSI.He then posted a longer follow-up tweet (as per MusicTech), calling it one of the most “surreal” things to happen to him: “Fuck Kanye though.

I’ve seen stories of him stealing samples from other producers in the underground music scene, and it sucks.“We producers are at the bottom of the chain; he’s at the top with billions in his bank account, with a team of producers who have complete freedom to sample whatever they want.

He has an infinite sample pack at his disposal, which he can use as he pleases, without any repercussions.“Anyway, I’ll probably never see any money from this, but I appreciate all of your support and kind messages.”In a comment to MusicTech, TSVI responded: “The minimum that I’d like to gain from this situation is at least a credit on the song.”NME have reached out to Kanye for comment.This is not the first time West has been accused of “stealing” samples.